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Human-driven climate change sent Pacific Northwest temperatures soaring

Temperatures soared by as much as 5 degrees Celsius above previous records

map of the heat wave that hit the Pacific Northwestern United States in June

Climate change made the deadly heat wave that struck the northwestern United States and western Canada in late June at least 150 times more likely.

NASA

By Carolyn Gramling

- More than 2 years ago

The deadly heat wave that baked the Pacific Northwest in late June would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change, an international team of scientists announced July 7.